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IMADE
Thank you sir, for everything
CHAIRMAN
No, you… thank you, for bringing my son back to me and for choosing to stay with him. Thank you
QUEEN
When you guys are back from your honeymoon, that dinner we have always talked about, I want to have it the moment you two are back
CHAIRMAN
Your brothers will be around, it is time we introduce Imade to the rest of the family
EPISODE 166
To
Kings
INT.
KING’S MANSION- EVENING
A maid opens the door for Wemimo and Imade, on their
way to the living room, Queen meets them on the way
QUEEN
(With a bright smile)Imade
She
hugs Imade
QUEEN
How are you?
IMADE
Am good ma
QUEEN
Did you enjoy your honeymoon?
IMADE
Every bit of it
QUEEN
Good to know
WEMIMO
I am here too you know
Queen
ignores him playfully
QUEEN
Come on, let me introduce you to his brothers
Imade follow Queen with Wemimo behind her. On getting
to the living room, there were three men of similar built ranging between the
ages of 35 to 45 talking with the Chairman. The Chairman smiles brightly when
he sees the couple with Queen
CHAIRMAN
Imade
IMADE
E kurole sir (Good
evening sir)
Imade
goes on her knees to greet while Wemimo prostrate
CHAIRMAN
Stand up please
The
couple stand up. Queen points to the men
QUEEN
This is Wemimo’s elder brothers. Leke, the first son
of the family. Banjo, the second son and Lolu, the third son
They
all shake Imade’s hand
BANJO
Your wife is really pretty
WEMIMO
Thank you
LOLU
You were at Tolani’s wedding right?
IMADE
Yes
LOLU
I remember seeing you here
Tolani comes in with another fair woman of average
height in her thirties
QUEEN
And I am sure, you know Tolani, the only daughter of
this family and the only one here without a spouse
TOLANI
Father, it is not too late for me to leave this house
CHAIRMAN
Queen!
QUEEN
Her marriage only failed because you spoilt her too
much, you never should have allowed her to take a break
CHAIRMAN
Please not tonight, it has been a while since the
family has been together like this, please don’t ruin it
Lolu
goes to his mother and put his hand round her shoulder
LOLU
How about I keep you company in the kitchen?
He leaves with his mother as the other woman, Erica
moves closer to Imade
ERICA
You must be Imade, it is an honor to meet the designer
everyone is talking about
IMADE
Nice to meet you too
ERICA
I am Erica, how about I take you to the other ladies?
Imade looks at Wemimo and he nods. Imade follows Erica
to another room where there are two woman in their thirties talking and
laughing each other. Others in the room are four children and three teenagers
ERICA
Everyone, she is here
The
two ladies jumps up and both tries to hug Imade
IMADE
Hello
FOLAKEMI,
the shortest among the ladies
FOLAKEMI
It is nice to finally meet you, Imade King, I am
Folakemi King, The second daughter in law of this family
IMADE
You are married to Brother Banjo?
Folakemi nods, TAIWO, a dark skinned lady of similar
height with Erica speaks
TAIWO
I am Taiwo and am married to Lolu
IMADE
Nice to meet you too
ERICA
Well, I am married to Leke
IMADE
I am happy to finally meet you all
Erica
points to the kids playing
ERICA
These are our kids
Imade
smiles and waves to them and they wave back to her
FOLAKEMI
I heard about your son, I am so sorry for your loss
IMADE
Thank you
Missi
come in
MISSI
Dinner is ready
They
all follow her into the dinner room, Wemimo meets Imade
WEMIMO
Are you okay?
IMADE
Yes
WEMIMO
Let sit
Everybody takes their seat. The chairman stands up
with his glass of champagne
CHAIRMAN
I want to give a toast
Everybody
raises their glass
BANJO
What are we toasting to?
CHAIRMAN
To us… Kings
EVERYBODY
To Kings
Then everybody sip their wine before they start
munching on their food
BACK
TO PRESENT
Older
Imade caress the picture of her family in her hand. The warden hits the bar the
moment she arrives at her cell
WARDEN
It is time
Imade folds the picture into her pocket and goes out.
The warden leads her to the Black Maria waiting for her
WARDEN
Good luck in court today
Imade enters and few minutes later, she leaves the
prison. She peeps through the small window and sees reporters snapping
pictures of the Black Maria. She settles down sighing heavily
APERRY
Are you
really going to let her go to jail?
ANN
Am I really
going to let her go to jail… why are you making it sound like I put her in
jail, like I set her up?
APERRY
She didn’t
do this, Ann and you know that
ANN
It does not
matter what I know, people think she did it
APERRY
That is
because you won’t release the evidence, give Bankole the picture and let him
use it to save his sister
ANN
And
implicate Wemimo, no, thank you
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IMADE
Do you also know what else has gone for far too long? Your fucking
obsession with my husband
BINTU
Excuse me?
IMADE
Yes, I know I stole the love of fucking miserable life but darling, it’s
been 15 years. (Yells) Let it fucking go
BINTU
You don’t know what you are talking about
IMADE
And this is my fucking house and when you are coming to visit, have the
courtesy to fucking inform me first
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BANKOLE
Damn it, Ann, answer the fucking question, is Brother Wemimo into money
laundering? Yes or no, it is not that hard
ANN
If you are that interested in knowing, why don’t you ask him yourself?
Let me guess, you can’t
BANKOLE
Oh! I can, I am just saving him the embarrassment of calling him a
criminal
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MICHEAL
I love you,
Imade
IMADE
You can’t
say that, Micheal, you can’t tell me you love me when we are married to
different people
MICHEAL
But I do….
You are my world, the same way my kids are my world and I will do anything for
them, the same way I will do anything for you. My life has been colourless
without you all these years. The bond we shared, I tried to regain that bond
with my wife but I couldn’t because you are the only woman for me
IMADE
You must be
crazy
MICHEAL
Yes,
crazily in love with you…. tell me to stop, Imade and I will stop
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ANN
This is
unfair
BANKOLE
What is unfair was finding out that the woman
I love with my whole heart was getting married to another man when I was
studying in Boston from another mouth which was not hers. She didn’t even had
the decency to break up with me
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WEMIMO
No, I can’t
let you go
IMADE
Like you
have a choice
WEMIMO
Actually I
do, you leave KINGS, everything you own will be taken from you
IMADE
You can
take the cars, I don’t care about them
WEMIMO
Not just
the cars, your shoes, your bags, your clothes, everything you got with the help
of KINGS Corp, including your shares
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ANN
Since when
do you care about what people say?
BANKOLE
Since I
heard people saying I slept my way to the top
ANN
You didn’t
BANKOLE
Well, they
don’t know that
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SISTER ELIZABETH
I know you feel terrible about this, I know that but you need to talk to
Wemimo
IMADE
I can’t, I will lose everything
SISTER ELIZABETH
You are not losing everything, you will still have your kids and your
business
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ANN
I don’t
want to hear it
APERRY
But you
will, you need to decide on what you want before it gets too late
ANN
What is
getting late?
APERRY
Bankole,
you don’t exactly think that he will wait around forever right?
ANN
No woman is
better for him than me
APERRY
I am going
to ignore how selfish that makes you
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IMADE
Micheal, whatever you are planning you need to stop, you will get hurt
MICHEAL
Is that concern I detect?
IMADE
I am in love with you, of course I am concerned. You are not the first
person to come for him and you won’t be the last. It does not always fare well
for his enemies
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ANN
Are you deaf? I said I can’t
APERRY
I know you want the best for him but you are refusing to see the
magnitude of the issue here, this could destroy the relationship between Wemimo
and Bankole if he decides not to turn a blind eye
ANN
Not if I make him play ball
APERRY
How? By fucking him
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ANN
If he wants to keep choosing Presidents, Governor, Senators, then he
can’t depend on KINGS
BANKOLE
Does he really need them in his pocket? I mean, he is richer than most
of them
ANN
Money without power is nothing because power moves money and those
fucking politician owes it, but when he owe those politicians, then he owes
their power. Moreover, let it go, he is not hurting anyone
BANKOLE
Maybe not anyone but what about my faith in him, my respect, my trust in
him
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WEMIMO
Come on, Imade, it is just a small misunderstanding
IMADE
Small misunderstanding? Don’t patronize me, Wemimo. I am sure she wanted
me gone like the others and she cut me out the first chance she got
WEMIMO
What are you talking about? She wanted you gone? Leaving KINGS has
always been what you wanted, so she thought you were gone for good, just the
way you wanted.
IMADE
Even if I was gone for good, she should grovel at my feet and beg me not
to go but I guess she thinks I am no longer needed in making millions for KINGS
WEMIMO
Grovel at your fear, beg you… When did you become so proud, Imade?
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BANKOLE
That is because am not, even if I am, it is none of your business
ANN
The fuck is not my business, I have invested too much in you for to end
up with just any girl
BANKOLE
Invest in me?
ANN
Yes, I have and I am still doing that. As old as you are, Wemimo is
still investing in you. Your stakes in KINGS makes you a millionaire, now with
all of that, I am not about to let you marry a woman not good enough for you
BANKOLE
And what is your definition of a woman good enough for me? Someone like
you? Someone who will abandon me?
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IMADE
I get that Ann is a lot but you need to tell her
BANKOLE
She is going to try to get between Jo and I
IMADE
But going behind her is not the answer and if Ann can destroy what you
two have, maybe the next step in your relationship should not be marriage
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IMADE
Don’t dare me, Wemimo
WEMIMO
I don’t have to because you won’t. You can’t do anything without me
IMADE
What?
WEMIMO
I am sorry to tell you this but you are not on my level and you will
never be
IMADE
Excuse me?
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JO
No, it is fine. I have overcame far bigger problems than this
IMADE
You think I am the problem, sweetheart, you are highly mistaken. I don’t
like you but that does not mean I will stand in my brother’s way of happiness
but Ann… now that is a problem you have never encountered. She may be married
to another man but she still sees Bankole as her own and when she finds out
about the little wedding you got planned, she is going to trample all over you
JO
There is nothing she can do to me
IMADE
How about we put that to a test
JO
A test?
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IMADE
Wemimo, my decision will remain the same. Aunty Bebii disrespected me
and she needs to be punished
WEMIMO
For a simple mistake, you will punish KINGS for one person’s
transgression
IMADE
Yes, and that will also send a message to your other cronies too
WEMIMO
What kind of message?
IMADE
I am KINGS…. I am KINGS and I am the only reason why KINGS is what she
is today.
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WEMIMO
Imade, when did you become so…
IMADE
Proud? Maybe I am proud but I am tired of taking your people’s shit and
disregard for me. KINGS will be hurt in the process but it is not something she
won’t come back from
WEMIMO
I am not going to let you do that
IMADE
I don’t expect you to, hit me with whatever you have got
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IMADE
Of course,
you don’t, you probably think I am ungrateful
ANN
Imade, back
when we were university students, if anyone had told me that you, Imade, will one day be richer than I am, I will tell the person he or she is crazy but
today, you are, you should take comfort in that
IMADE
You are
never on my side
ANN
I am always
on the right side
IMADE
Which is
always Wemimo’s side, for once…. Please be on my side and support me
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WEMIMO
This has gone too far, Imade
IMADE
Oh really! But I think we just started
WEMIMO
This needs to stop
IMADE
Go fuck yourself, Wemimo
WEMIMO
Imade!
IMADE
You started it, Wemimo but I promise you…. I will end it and will enjoy
watching you suffer
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